Zoom Vacations® SCANDINAVIA ITINERARY
Day One ~ Stockholm
Late Evening: Welcome Dinner, Cocktails, Come at 7P and mix and mingle with fellow Zoom travelers in a truly beautiful setting. Don’t forget to bring your cameras.
Accommodations: The Hotel Skeppsholmen
Meals Included: Welcome dinner and cocktails
Day Two ~ Stockhom--New Years Eve!
7A to 11A: Included Buffet Breakfast is served in the Hotel Skeppsholmen Restaurant
Late Morning: Taste of Stockholm City Tour
Today we see the incredible city of Stockholm. Highlights include Stockholm Palace (the official residence of the Swedish royal family) and Vasa, a 17th century war-ship that symbolizes the “great power period” of Swedish history. If you take your coffee like you take your Swedish men (strong), then you’re in for a treat. We will sample the local Kaffebrod (“coffee-bread”), which you can pair with their traditional strong coffee.
Late Evening: New Years Eve Pub Crawl
Tonight we ring in the New Year in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, from the Old Town part of Stockholm, the Gamla Stan. Watch the fireworks over the water with locals and other visitors alike. After midnight, the night has just begun in Stockholm’s gay nightclubs.
Accommodations: The Hotel Skeppsholmen
Meals Included: Buffet breakfast
Day Three ~ Stockholm
7:30A to 11A: Included Buffet Breakfast is served in the Hotel Skeppsholmen Restaurant
Recovery: Today you have all day to both recover from last night and see why Stockholm is world-famous for its fashions and styles. Tour the shops of the latest in Scandinavian design, of both its chic clothing and its innovative furniture and housewares.
Today's optional excursion includes enjoying Lunch at the breathtaking Milles sculpture garden.
Accommodations: The Hotel Skeppsholmen
Meals Included: Buffet breakfast
Day Four ~ Stockholm and the Finnish Lapland
7A to 10A: Included Buffet Breakfast is served in the Hotel Skeppsholmen Restaurant
Noon: Fly from Stockholm, through Helsinki, to the Finnish Lapland.
Late Afternoon: Sauna Party
Tonight we heat things up in the Finnish Lapland with a hot and steamy sauna party. We hope this will be the best sauna you have ever experienced.
Dinner cooked over the open fire.
Tonight's welcome dinner in the Finnish Lapland will be one that you never forget.
Accommodations: The Hotel Kakslauttanen
Meals Included: Buffet breakfast and dinner
Day Five ~ The Finnish Lapland
7A to 10A: Included Buffet Breakfast is served in the Hotel Kakslauttanen Restaurant
Morning: Optional Dog Sledding. For those who wish to try their hand at dog sledding, there will be time this morning.
Afternoon/Evening: Reindeer Safari and Authentic Lapland Dinner.
Today we embrace our inner-Santa as we ride through the Lapland in reindeer-pulled sleds. Semi-domesticated reindeer have been important to Arctic and Subarctic people for hundreds of years, before the legend of Santa Claus made them famous. After our sleigh ride, we will enjoy a grand, traditional dinner with a local Finnish Lapland family.
Accommodations: The Hotel Kakslauttanen
Meals Included: Buffet breakfast and dinner
Day Six ~ The Finnish Lapland and Helsinki
7A to 10A: Included Buffet Breakfast is served in the Hotel Kakslauttanen Restaurant
Morning: Snow Mobile Safari.
Ride through stunning Arctic Wilderness, accessing places where one couldn't by foot nor car. If you have never ridden a snow mobile, this is your chance, and in one of the most beautiful snow paradises on the planet!
Early Afternoon: Fly to Helsinki. Today we fly to Helsinki. After checking into the uber-fashionable Klaus K Hotel, you will have the evening free to explore the historical yet very modern city of Helsinki. Check out Helsinki’s gay nightlife, where you will encounter friendly and unassuming yet very fashion-savvy locals.
Accommodations: The Hotel KlausK
Meals Included: Buffet breakfast
Day Seven ~ Helsinki
7A to 10A: Included Buffet Breakfast is served in the Hotel KlausK Restaurant
Morning: A taste of Helsinki Tour. Today we will learn about the history and cutting edge design that has made the Helsinki of today so vibrant. We will visit several neighborhoods famous for their architectural design and history. We will also get to know Finnish Design and its emerging talents in the Helsinki Design District.
Evening: Optional evening dinner. Tonight we have made reservations at one of the hippest new restaurants in town.
Accommodations: The Hotel KlausK
Meals Included: Buffet breakfast
Day Eight ~ Helsinki and St. Petersburg
7A to 10A: Included Buffet Breakfast is served in the Hotel KlausK Restaurant
Morning: High Speed Train to St. Petersburg. Today we enjoy the new Allegro High Speed train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg.
Afternoon: A taste of St. Petersburg City Tour. Today we will learn about the history and culture of St. Petersburg, as our guide leads us through the complexities, personalities, and sites that have made this one of the world's most famous cities.
Accommodations: The Orient Express Grand Hotel Europe
Meals Included: Buffet breakfast
Day Nine ~ St. Petersburg
7A to 10A: Breakfast on own account
Morning: Tour the Catherine (Summer) Palace. Can one really go to St. Petersburg and not visit the Catherine Palace? Also known as the Summer Palace at Tsarskoe Selo, it is part of a gorgeous complex of parks, guest houses, and the blue-and-gold palace itself. You will likely be spellbound at how Russian royalty once lived. Every inch of the Catherine Palace speaks of luxury. This is one of St. Petersburg most amazing must-see sights.
Afternoon: Hermitage Museum. This afternoon we visit the world famous Hermitage Museum. One of the largest and oldest museums in the world, the collection of the State Hermitage includes more than three million works of art and artifacts of world culture. Among them are paintings, graphic works, sculptures and works of applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material. The building complex includes the world-famous Winter Palace, as well as other architectural gems.
Evening: Traditional Farewell Dinner. Tonight we visit a lively traditional Russian restaurant for authentic old world cuisine, and say goodbye to good friends we have met on our journey.
Accommodations: The Orient Exress Grand Hotel Europe
Meals Included: Farewell Dinner
Day Ten ~ St. Petersburg
Morning: Hotel Checkout and Departure. Today we end our incredible tour of Scandinavia, with new memories, new friends, and new destinations to list among our favorites in the world.
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